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Re: export 8i --> 8.0.5.1 import IMP-00010: not a valid export file, header failed verification

From: Sybrand Bakker <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl>
Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2000 00:07:23 +0200
Message-ID: <970849686.28683.4.pluto.d4ee154e@news.demon.nl>

Most likely the posts you researched also provided the answer: you need to use 805 export to run against the 8i database. Contrary to what you think Oracle does treat 8i as a major release everywhere, an Oracle instructor (ie employed by Oracle) called 8.0 '7.4'

Regards,

Sybrand Bakker, Oracle DBA

"Bill Baker" <billb_at_paperlessbusiness.com> wrote in message news:39DCEE00.9D9FCA28_at_paperlessbusiness.com...
> Hi all,
>
> I'm having great fun with Oracles export and import utilities, any ideas
> would be appreciated.
>
> I'm tring to import a dump file that was exported from an 8i database.
> Export was done on a 2000 workstation(I think it was 8i tools), pointed
> at an Oracle Solaris 8i database. The place I'm importing to is an
> 8.0.5 linux database. I keep getting the same message below:
> Connected to: Oracle8 Enterprise Edition Release 8.0.5.1.0 - Production
> With the Partitioning and Objects options
> PL/SQL Release 8.0.5.1.0 - Production
>
> IMP-00010: not a valid export file, header failed verification
> IMP-00000: Import terminated unsuccessfully
>
> I've researched this a bit, and found some postings which imply that you
> can't use exports from the "exp" tool that are higher version than the
> database you are trying to import to. Any ways to work around this?
>
>
> It's really hard to believe that Oracle would change the dump files that
> much to the point where they would be incompatible in the same major
> oracle version number.
>
> Thanks for any suggestions in advance,
>
> Bill Baker
> Paperless Business Systems
> www.paperlessbusiness.com
> www.elephantsandants.com
> --
> Bill Baker
> Paperless Business Systems
> (206)256-0771
> www.paperlessbusiness.com
> www.elephantsandants.com
Received on Thu Oct 05 2000 - 17:07:23 CDT

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